Luxilus

Luxilus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners. There are currently nine species in the genus.

Highscale shiners
Warpaint shiner (Luxilus coccogenis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Luxilus
Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Rafinesque, 1820
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Plargyrus Rafinesque, 1820
  • Hypsolepis Agassiz, 1854
  • Coccotis Jordan, 1882
  • Coccogenia Cockerell & Callaway 1909

Species

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.